Charleston S.C. East Battery; dismantled Blakely gun in foreground – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Charleston S.C. East Battery; dismantled Blakely gun in foreground in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Charleston S.C. East Battery; dismantled Blakely gun in foreground
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A dismantled Blakely gun lies in the foreground of this 1865 view of the East Battery in Charleston, South Carolina. Blakely rifles were British-made cannon that Confederate forces used for coastal defense. Confederate troops evacuated Charleston in February 1865 as Union forces closed in, leaving the city's waterfront batteries for the victors to see. The stereograph was made by David B. Woodbury, and its paired halves give the guns and the harbor a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies. Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Artillery (Weaponry)United States--South Carolina--Charleston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,282 × 1,362 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46145 |
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